PETA offers £1,000 reward in hunt for those who poisoned three dogs near London park

Animal rights charity PETA is offering a £1,000 reward for information leading to the capture of a poisoner who has killed three dogs near a London park.

Two bull lurchers and a springer spaniel have died and at least three other dogs have needed vet treatment after they ate meat laced with poison in Fryent Country Park in Kingsbury, north-west London.

Dead: pet Toby was poisoned in the London park
The local branch of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) hopes its reward might bring forward information that can lead to a conviction.

Spokesman Ben Williamson said: “It is imperative that any community faced with the abuse of animals take measures to find the culprit or culprits and stop the violence. Animal abusers are a danger to everyone – they take their issues out on whomever is available to them, human or non-human.”